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Toby practises securities and corporate law in the Firm’s Calgary office.

Toby has extensive experience advising buyers and sellers in public and private merger and acquisition transactions involving take-over bids, plans of arrangement and share and asset purchases and sales, including cross-border transactions. In addition, Toby advises a number of issuers and underwriters with respect to public and private debt and equity financings.

Toby also assists public issuers with their securities reporting and compliance obligations and corporate governance issues.

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Mergers and Acquisitions

MIE Holdings Corporation: Advising with respect to the acquisition of 37.5% of the outstanding equity shares of Journey Energy Inc. pursuant to an exempt take-over bid.

Shaw Communications Inc.: Advising on its acquisition of Mid-Bowline Group Corp. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, WIND Mobile Corp. by way of plan of arrangement for an enterprise value of approximately CA$1.6 billion.

Inter Pipeline: Advising the indirect shareholders of Inter Pipeline Fund's general partner on the sale of the general partner in connection with Inter Pipeline's CA$340 million management internalization transaction and subsequent conversion to a corporation.

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.: Advising subsidiary NOV Distribution Services ULC with respect to its CA$240 million acquisition of CE Franklin.

Capital Power Income L.P.: Advising on its CA$1.1 billion acquisition by Atlantic Power Corporation.

HRT Participações em Petróleo S.A.: Advising in connection with its CA$700 million acquisition of UNX Energy Corp. by way of plan of arrangement and issuance by HRT of listed global depositary shares in consideration therefore.

The Addax & Oryx Group Ltd.: Representing Addax Petroleum Corporation’s largest shareholder on the CA$10.3 billion acquisition of Addax Petroleum by Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation.

Prostar Well Service: Advising in connection with its sale to TriWest Capital Partners.

Equity Capital Markets

Capital Power Corporation: Advising the Corporation in connection with its CA$200,000,000 offering of cumulative minimum rate reset preference shares, Series 7.

Canaccord Genuity Corp.: Advising the sole agent in connection with an “at the market” offering of common shares by Parkland Fuel Corporation for gross proceeds of up to CA$110 million.

Scotia Capital Inc. on behalf of a syndicate of underwriters: Advising the underwriters with respect to the CA$575 million offering of common shares by Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc.

TD Securities Inc.: Advising on behalf of a syndicate of underwriters with respect to the CA$750 million offering of preferred shares by Enbridge Inc.

TD Securities Inc. and National Bank Financial Inc.: Advising the underwriters in connection with the CA$231 million private placement offering of subscription receipts of Parkland Fuel Corporation to partially fund the issuer’s acquisition of the majority of the Canadian business and assets of CST Brands, Inc. from Alimentation-Couche Tard Inc.

Stantec Inc.: Acting as Canadian counsel on its CA$604 million cross-border public offering of subscription receipts.

RBC Capital Markets: Advising the underwriters in relation to a CA$2.3 billion offering of common shares by Enbridge Inc. pursuant to prospectus supplement.

Capital Power Corporation: Advising in connection with the secondary public offering of common shares of Capital Power Corporation by EPCOR Utilities Inc. pursuant to a prospectus supplement to a short form base shelf prospectus in each of the Provinces and Territories of Canada.

Addax and Oryx Group Limited: Advising in connection with the CA$250 million initial public offering by Oryx Petroleum Corporation Limited.

Debt Capital Markets

TD Securities Inc. on behalf of a syndicate of agents: Advising the agents in connection with a CA$300 million medium term note offering by Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc.

CIBC World Markets Inc. on behalf of a syndicate of agents: Advising the agents in connection with a CA$800 million medium term note offering by Enbridge Pipelines Inc.

TD Securities Inc. and National Bank Financial Inc.: Advising the underwriters in connection with the private placement offering of $300 million principal amount of high yield notes of Parkland Fuel Corporation to partially fund the issuer’s acquisition of the majority of the Canadian business and assets of CST Brands, Inc. from Alimentation-Couche Tard Inc.

CIBC World Markets Inc. on behalf of a syndicate of agents: Advising on the CA$1 billion aggregate principal amount offering of medium term notes by Enbridge Pipelines Inc. The medium term notes were issued in two tranches: (A) CA$600 million aggregate principal amount of 3.45% medium term notes due September 29, 2025; and, (B) CA$400 million aggregate principal amount of 4.55% medium term notes due September 29, 2045.

Scotia Capital Inc. on behalf of a syndicate of agents: Advising on the CA$570 million aggregate principal amount medium term note offering by Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. The medium term notes were comprised of (A) CA$400 million aggregate principal amount of 3.31% medium term notes due September 11, 2025 and (B) CA$170 million aggregate principal amount of 4.00%medium term notes due August 22, 2044.

Capital Power L.P.: Advising on its CA$550 million note exchange transaction.

Shaw Communications: Advising on a CA$800 million two tranche offering of fixed and floating rate senior notes.

Corus Entertainment Inc.: Advising on its CA$550 million offering of high yield notes.

Recognition

Recognized by IFLR 1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms as a Leading Lawyer in the areas of Capital Markets (2014-2017), Energy: Mining (2014–2016)

Recognized by The Legal 500 Canada in the area of Capital Markets (2015)

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